"My lord, I have here a right leg bone from a three-headed Red Demon Hound that's two hundred thousand years old," the Red King said, reaching into the void with his hand and pulling out a crimson soul bone that was full of intense flame elements.
The soul beasts they offered to Xu Ran were all hundred-thousand-year soul bones and two-hundred-thousand-year soul bones.
Clearly, these were the soul bones left behind by their tribesmen after failing their Tribulations. For soul beasts that had undergone hundred-thousand-year and two-hundred-thousand-year great Tribulations, even if they failed to cross over, their soul bones could still remain...
"Lord Xu Ran, I have here a pair of wing bones from an Emerald Swan, with the Life Attribute and also of the hundred-thousand-year level," Bi Ji said, cradling a pair of emerald-colored wings in her hands. The Emerald Swan possessed both the Light and Life Attributes, leaning towards healing, which were obviously not suitable for Xu Ran's use.
But a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, even if it's an attached soul bone, is still a treasure.
"You're considerate," Xu Ran chuckled lightly and reached out to take the soul bones from Bi Ji's hand, taking the opportunity to pinch her small hand, causing Bi Ji's pretty face to blush slightly.
Bi Ji wore a light green dress that flowed elegantly around her, sensing Xu Ran's flirtation under the guise of reaching for the wing bones, her heart fluttering. For countless years, no one had ever dared to treat her this way.
But as for the Auspicious Beast, well...
"The Auspicious Beast is too partial," the ferocious beasts grumbled internally.
Seeing Bi Ji produce a soul bone that was precious but obviously unsuitable for Xu Ran's use and still gain his favor, while the extremely practical treasures they offered received only a "not bad" comment, they couldn't help feeling the Auspicious Beast's partiality.
In the end, this world still favors those with looks!
However, women are all vixens, only capable of affecting the Auspicious Beast's future!
"It has been you treating Tian Meng all this time, hasn't it?" Xu Ran remarked, glancing at the Skydream Ice Silkworm. The reason why the Skydream Ice Silkworm could keep being eaten and grow under Di Tian and others must be related to Bi Ji.
Otherwise, the Skydream Ice Silkworm being gnawed on daily by the ferocious beasts would definitely not have endured.
Xu Ran also noticed that whenever the Skydream Ice Silkworm looked at Di Tian and his group, its eyes were filled with resentment, but it showed a touch of gratitude towards Bi Ji.
"To answer my lord, indeed it is so," Bi Ji nodded gently, bowing slightly, with perfect etiquette.
"You've worked hard. You'll probably be busy for the next few days," Xu Ran said.
"Serving you is my honor, not hard at all," Bi Ji shook her head, speaking straightforwardly. As an Auspicious Beast, the Soul Beast Emperor, it was only right for her to serve him.
"Mm..." Xu Ran nodded, storing the soul bone away in the storage soul tool, while at this moment, Di Tian stepped forward.
Di Tian, known as the "Beast God."
Of course, this was merely a title, but it also represented his supreme status in the Aquipeia Forest.
As a strong member of the Dragon Clan, with well over eight hundred thousand years of "Cultivation Level," he could be considered Gu Yuena's top confidante and the most loyal Dragon God, devoted to Gu Yuena.
Therefore, what Xu Ran was most looking forward to was the treasure that Di Tian held.
He did not believe that Di Tian, who had been overseeing the Aquipeia Forest for so many years, would not have anything good in his possession. Managing the entire forest, his treasures would not just come from his own people but from all races of the Aquipeia Forest...
"My lord. Previously, I saw the Soul Beast Clan declining day by day, and now our Soul Beast Clan has no channel to ascend to godhood. I fear that in the future, we will need to send hundred-thousand-year soul beasts to reincarnate with human bodies and ascend as gods to break through the deadlock of the soul beasts," Di Tian said.
"Thus, all this time, I've been collecting powerful soul bones from various soul beasts. The reason being, if ever there comes a day for our Soul Beast Clan, our soul beast talents could have the most elite configuration, surpassing human talents."
"Here are the soul bones I've collected," Di Tian stated, handing over a Storage Soul Guidance Device to Xu Ran.
As a direct subordinate of Gu Yuena, he was keenly aware of the current decline of the Soul Beast Clan, and for that reason, he looked even further ahead.
If the Soul Beast Clan wanted to grow stronger, they would need to rely on Gu Yuena becoming the Dragon God.
And the other half of the Dragon God was suppressed in the Divine Realm, only by assimilating that half could one ascend to Godhood.
Therefore, he had been collecting soul bones. He was preparing to send a group of powerful hundred-thousand-year soul beasts to reincarnate as gods and go to the Divine Realm, to aid Gu Yuena in seizing the power of the Golden Dragon King, allowing for the resurgence of the Dragon God.
Now, Xu Ran had appeared.
Xu Ran was an Auspicious Beast, a prodigy valued by Gu Yuena and the prime candidate for divinity.
If Xu Ran could not take that step and reclaim the suppressed power of the Golden Dragon King, it would be even more impossible for others.
So, after thinking it over, he handed over all the soul bones he had collected to Xu Ran.
This was the entire foundation of the Aquipeia Forest!
If not successful, to die for one's cause!
He believed that a person valued by Gu Yuena would definitely not be simple.
Moreover, he trusted in Xu Ran's talent. As long as Xu Ran achieved divinity in the future, his strength might even surpass that of the Dragon God. There had never been an Auspicious Beast becoming a god before, and no one knew how powerful Xu Ran would become.
"So many?" Xu Ran examined the contents of the storage soul tool with his spiritual power. The space within this storage soul tool was terrifyingly large, about a thousand cubic meters.
The number of soul bones inside caused even Xu Ran's complexion to change.
Looking around, various types of soul bones were piled up into a small mountain.
And these were just the ordinary soul bones; the slightly more important ones were packed in special boxes, placed on wooden shelves.
The reserve of soul bones turned out to number over a thousand!!!
This was truly the foundation of the Aquipeia Forest!
Soul bones, aside from the few dropped from thousand-year soul beasts, are mostly from soul beasts of ten thousand years and above. Soul beasts that have naturally died or been killed in internal fights greatly outnumber those slain by human Soul Masters.
Therefore, it was not surprising that the majority of soul bones remained within the Aquipeia Forest on the Soul Land Continent.
In the Aquipeia Forest, where there were many Soul Beast Clans, each clan had its powerful ancestors, and most of them would have soul bones after death. The total number of these soul bones was certainly terrifying.
And the soul bones that Di Tian gave to him were obviously carefully selected.
"This is the foundation of the many clans of Aquipeia Forest," Di Tian said proudly. These were the soul bones he had scavenged from the more notable clans within the Aquipeia Forest. He did not care for the soul bones of the smaller clans, nor did he bother to search for them; otherwise, the number would have been much greater.
"As long as the Auspicious Beast becomes powerful and helps our Soul Beast Clan rise again, rather than remain confined to a corner as we are now, not to mention these ordinary soul bones, even our very bones would not matter," Di Tian murmured.
He had only one conviction,
The Soul Beast Clan should not be living in such a constrained way within a small forest.
"Alright, I will make it happen for you," Xu Ran suddenly felt a stir of emotion as he looked into Di Tian's eyes, which were shining brightly. Even though Xu Ran possessed the Kirin Bloodline, his mentality was different from that of ferocious beasts like Di Tian.
Di Tian and others, having lived for such long periods, had experienced the most prosperous times of the Soul Beast Clan and then watched as their clan fell into despair, which surely affected them differently.
However, the downfall of the Soul Beast Clan was ultimately due to the Dragon God's loss to the Five Great Supreme Gods. Despite their strength, Di Tian and the rest were helpless.
Now that Xu Ran had taken over such a body, he would also fulfill this duty to strengthen the Soul Beast Clan.
He was Human, and also a Soul Beast.
In the future, he would be both a Human God and a Beast God.
He intended to oversee it all, to control both clans, ensuring that both the Human Clan and the Beast Clan could develop in a balanced way.